Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39616 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

delay'ddelayed

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 134 times in 89 works
Consistency: 95.7% (134 of 140)
Reach if approved: ~147 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: delayed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 140 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (134 changes in 89 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Repenters do not so much forsake sin, as sin forsakes them. 5. While Repentance is delay'ddelayed, the sinner treasureth up unto himself the greater pile of wrath against the day …
With rule
… Repenters do not so much forsake sin, as sin forsakes them. 5. While Repentance is delay'ddelayed, the sinner treasureth up unto himself the greater pile of wrath against the day …
Francis Roberts · The True Way to the Tree of Life · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is from any the leaſt circumſtance in this Parable, for thoſe who have delay'ddelayed their Preparation for another World till they be overtaken by Death or Judgment, to …
With rule
… there is from any the leaſt circumſtance in this Parable, for thoſe who have delay'ddelayed their Preparation for another World till they be overtaken by Death or Judgment, to …
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 4 · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
Such thought (belike) delay'ddelayed and fear'd him ſo;
With rule
Such thought (belike) delay'ddelayed and fear'd him ſo;
George Wither · A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Some others, were by other lets delay'ddelayed,
With rule
Some others, were by other lets delay'ddelayed,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be wiſe Virgins, for the Bridegroom will not long delay his coming: He hath delay'ddelayed it ſo long, but will not delay it long now: And then,
With rule
… be wiſe Virgins, for the Bridegroom will not long delay his coming: He hath delay'ddelayed it ſo long, but will not delay it long now: And then,
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fear the same that I do. I doubt not, but many who have long delay'ddelayed their Repentance, do at length repent in very good earnest that they have done …
With rule
… fear the same that I do. I doubt not, but many who have long delay'ddelayed their Repentance, do at length repent in very good earnest that they have done …
Clement Ellis · The Necessity of Serious Consideration and Speedy Repentance · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
His Charet-wheels why thus delay'ddelayed,
With rule
His Charet-wheels why thus delay'ddelayed,
Arthur Hildersham · The Song of Solomon Paraphrased · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to bear the yoke in his youth. What ſayes David? I made haſt, and delay'ddelayed not to keep thy Commandments. Pſal. 119.60. As Chriſt ſaid to Judas in another caſe …
With rule
… to bear the yoke in his youth. What ſayes David? I made haſt, and delay'ddelayed not to keep thy Commandments. Pſal. 119.60. As Chriſt ſaid to Judas in another caſe …
Matthew Mead · The Good of Early Obedience · p. 453 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Parable of the Ten Virgins A27619

Printed
… our Engliſh Language ſpeak, and as the Greek Word, foreign properly ſignifys: While the Bridegroom Delay'dDelayed, or Tarried, or ſpent Time; They all Slumbred and Slept.
With rule
… our Engliſh Language ſpeak, and as the Greek Word, foreign properly ſignifys: While the Bridegroom Delay'dDelayed, or Tarried, or ſpent Time; They all Slumbred and Slept.
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I ſhall give you the two Great Reaſons, eſpecially, why the Bridegroom's coming is Delay'dDelayed. And then,
With rule
… I ſhall give you the two Great Reaſons, eſpecially, why the Bridegroom's coming is Delay'dDelayed. And then,
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… comes it to paſs, that the Coming of the Bridegroom hath been thus long Delay'dDelayed? And no further Inſiſted upon in theſe Sermons Sett for Preaching the Goſpel, eſpecially …
With rule
… comes it to paſs, that the Coming of the Bridegroom hath been thus long Delay'dDelayed? And no further Inſiſted upon in theſe Sermons Sett for Preaching the Goſpel, eſpecially …
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 85 · Open in the reader